Thanks, Mike.  Interesting comparison.  I have several of the baofung uv5 
radios.  I enjoy playing with them and once you follow buddy's great 
instructions programming isn't hard.  I did bbuy the rt systems software 
as some of my friends and I have different versions that won't clone 
direct with each other, but do fine with the software.  If I got real 
worried on what stuff costs, I'd have quit this hobby long ago.  It seems 
odd to spend more on the software than the radio, but it is a one time 
purchase and I've used on mine as well as friends and don't regret it.  As 
has been statee before, n v d a is the only screen reader that will work. 
I think you have to hit a specific key combo insert something, but I don't 
remember as I haven't done it in a while.  This open up the strange edit 
boxes used in rt systems.  They have been approached as I understand, and 
they say it works with a screen reader, so they have no intention of 
fixing the problem.  I still like and use my Kenwood thf6 for some things, 
b8ut for not much more than i spend buying a friend a meal out, you can 
have a lot of fun with these little radios.  I have 3 adi 600s that need 
batteries, but not sure if I'll bother at this time.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.